Prosecutors said the case involves a woman who engaged in prostitution in 2015 for a man who controlled her life with drugs.

Donald Kaplan was sentenced to five years in prison as part of the first successful prosecution of its kind in Hillsborough County.

Prosecutors said Kaplan preyed upon a woman's drug addiction to force her into a life of prostitution. They said it started with a chance meeting last year near the intersection of Union and Laurel streets in Manchester.

"One day while she was standing on a corner, he pulled up in a limousine asking for a lighter, and she ended up entering that limousine and driving around," Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Michael Zaino said.

Prosecutors said Kaplan gave the woman heroin. According to court documents, the two drove around the city for days, living in the limo and doing drugs until they went to Kaplan's apartment on East High Street.

Prosecutors said that's where Kaplan forced the woman to sell her body in exchange for heroin.

"It's a further consequence of the opiate crisis that's we're facing," Zaino said. "We have individuals in our community that suffer greatly from this addiction, and there are predators in the community that prey on that addiction, and they use that, and they control access to that substance, and those individuals, sadly, are willing to do anything to get more of that substance."

Officials said that after about a month, the woman was able to escape and contact police, leading to Kaplan's arrest. He also pleaded guilty to drug-related charges.

Prosecutors said they hope the case sends a message.

"As a team, we're very pleased to have a successful outcome with one of these cases here," Zaino said. "It's a plague on the community, and we're just happy to have a successful prosecution finally."

Prosecutors said another human trafficking case in Hillsborough County is scheduled to go to trial later this month.